On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 02:32:13AM +0000, Guillaume Munch wrote: > Le 04/11/2015 17:16, PhilipPirrip a écrit : > > > >I personally find this very annoying. As a user. It doesn't happen on > >Linux, so I'm still good, but on Windows: > >I tested the patch on Windows, no messages were shown if LyX was closed, > >Windows Explorer window would just close upon the deletion of the temp > >folder. But, if I had Acrobat Reader open with the document still loaded > >in, two error messages would pop out giving me totally irrelevant > >information... I press ok, and than what? LyX is going to close anyway, > >should I look for the temp folder and delete it myself? > > > > I also agree that it's better to replace the alert with a message on > stderr. I noticed that there are already similar messages on the > terminal when files cannot be removed. > > Attached is a patch. Shall I commit it?
Although I personally like this (as I noted above), I think we should get opinions from a couple of other LyX developers. From a quick search, we have been giving a dialog for more than 10 years so there might be a good reason for it. Scott
